Archive for the ‘Aftermarket’ Category

Lumma releases teaser of CLR X650 BMW X6

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Opinions about the BMW X6 are split around the Autoblog virtual water cooler and this teaser from Lumma Design hasn't helped. The German tuning haus will be unveiling a production model of its CLR X 650 at the Paris Motor Show later this year, and much like the standard X6, you'll either love it or ......

Chateau Clubman: Aznom’s rolling MINI wine cellar

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Click for high-res gallery of the Aznom MINI ChateauMothers Against Drunk Driving are not going to like this one. Italian coachbuilder Aznom, which has previously rolled out custom MINIs like this pickup "tender", has now produced a Clubman inspired by a vintage of another sort. The Aznom MINI Chat......

SEMA Preview: Mopar supercharger for Dodge Challenger

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Dodge Challenger SRT-8.Mopar can't let Speedfactory have all the fun supercharging the Dodge Challenger SRT-8, so when the SEMA show rolls around this November, the in-house tuners of all things pentastar will unveil a blown Challenger of their own.The Mopar......

Nissan bringing tuned R35 GT-R to Tokachi 24-hour race

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Nissan's motorsports arm, NISMO, will bring a race-prepared GT-R to the Tokachi 24-hour race on July 20th and 21st equipped with NISMO tuning parts that will be available to consumers later this summer. The car is being prepped by both NISMO and MOTUL, the Japanese French specialty oil manufacturer,......

Saleen unveils supercharger for Navigator/Expedition

Monday, June 30th, 2008
Do you often wonder why putting your foot down while driving your Ford Expedition or Lincoln Navigator doesn't deliver the response for which you'd hoped? Well, that could be because you're driving an enormous beast of a vehicle saddled with an overburdened 5.4L V8 producing 300 horsepower. Well, Sa......

Raging bulls beware: Novitec unleashes 717-hp F430 Scuderia

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Click above for a high resolution image Is it wrong to mess with perfection? We don't know if we would dare to change even a single nut or bolt on the F430 Scuderia if we happened to have one in the garage, but Novitec Rosso seems to have no problem with it. Granted, they have plenty of experience l......

Thinking Small: Koenigseder wide-body Smart ForTwo

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Click for a hi-res gallery of the Koenigseder Smart ForTwo "Wide-body" is a relative term. An SUV or a supercar decked out with a wide-body kit? Pimpin'. But a smart ForTwo? Well, it's wider, sure.Koenigseder is known for modifying big SUVs, but with this kit it's gone decidedly smaller. The Austria......

EDO puts the Super in the Gallardo Superleggera

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the EDO Gallardo SLE Some things you figure are universal. Like time, for example. But for a tuning house that regularly takes the fastest cars around and tinkers with them just for kicks, time – say, production dates and acceleration numbers – might not hold ......

Beauty & Beast: Autodelta J4 2.2 C supercharged Alfa 159

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Click above to view the Autodelta 159 J4 2.2 C in high res European reviews of Alfa Romeo's mid-range line-up invariably yield the same conclusion: the Brera, Spider and 159 are impossibly beautiful (take our word for it if you haven't seen one in the flesh), but the performance just isn't there. Th......

Rumormill: Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera preparing coachbuilt Ferrari

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
There are revivals, and then there are revivals. Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera got it right by making a big splash at Villa d'Este when it showed up with not one, but two custom coachbuilt Maseratis: the sumptuous A8GCS Berlinetta and the innovative Quattroporte Bellagio Fastback. Talk about hitt......